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  • Price starts from £ 449,-
  • Days: 16
  • Group size: 2-24
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Itinerary
1 Bangalore
2 Mysore
3 Mysore
4 Mudumalai
5 Coonoor
6 Kochi
7 Kochi
8 Alappuzha
9 Periyar National Park
10 Periyar National Park
11 Madurai
12 Thanjavur
13 Pondicherry
14 Mamallapuram
15 Mamallapuram
16 End of tour

What's included

  • Accommodation in hotels
  • train ride by Toy Train
  • boat trip Backwaters
  • transportation in (mini)buses only for transfers from hotel to hotel
  • entrance fee for Mudumalai N.P.
  • English speaking tour leader.

What's not included

  • International flights
  • all meals
  • tips
  • visas
  • optional excursions
  • all other entrance fees
  • airport transfers
  • booking fee
  • travel insurance.

Extra Pocket money: £100 - £125 p.w
Single room: £179

 

South India 'on a Shoestring'

the spicy sensation!

This two-week expedition through tropical Southern India takes to some of India’s famously picturesque cities, but also off the beaten track and into the India that few tourists ever discover. Visit animated markets and quiet lagoons, observe local art and traditional customs, cruise on backwaters by country-boat, enjoy a ride on the famous ‘toy train’, watch an Indian movie. On this amazingly diverse tour you will see bustling cities, authentic villages, tropical rainforests and verdant rice terraces that stretch as far as the eye can see. In short, come and be overwhelmed by incredible India at its boldest and most colourful!
South India 'on a Shoestring'
  • • Mysore We’ll start the tour in Mysore, famous for a palace that’s illuminated for an hour on Sundays, for the Chamundi Hill and the Devaraj food market. «
  • • Backwaters Kochi one of South India’s busiest southern cities, an old town with a natural harbour and a Portuguese, Dutch and British colonial history. «
  • • Mudumalai National Park Lies at the foot of the Blue Mountains, take a jeep or elephant safari and go in search of elephants, tigers, hyenas, parrots, leopards, eagles, wild boar and flying squirrels, to name but a few! «
  • • Aleppey Memorable cruise around the famous backwaters of Aleppey. This pretty area is full of channels, lakes and creeks. You can sunbathe on deck or watch the landscape and local fishermen go by. «
  • • Trip by toy train Visit Coonoor, stopping on the way to visit Ooty and enjoy spetacular views of the Blue Mountains, whose hills are enveloped in a mysterious blue haze. Coonoor is famous for its tea and you will no doubt be tempted to visit one of its charming little tea gardens. «
  • • Periyar National Park A wildlife sanctuary where you can walk, take a boat-trip on the man-made lake, and stalk some of the local elephants, bison, deer, wild boar and tigers. Aspiring cooks may even like to enjoy a guided tour of a spice plantation! «